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Christening day September 23, 1906

• The temperature on September 23, 1906 was between 8.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

Day of marriage September 22, 1938

• The temperature on September 22, 1938 was between 12.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

Day of death April 14, 1985

• The temperature on April 14, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  • June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
  • June 23 » A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
  • June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
  • November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

Source: Wikipedia

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